ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,007, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).

"Printing to textiles" was invented by Maria Isabel Borrell Bayona (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Marina Cantero Lazaro (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Diana Canto Estany (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method comprises providing a textile on which a printing fluid is to be deposited at a printing station and supporting the textile by a support member. The support member is to advance the textile through the printing station. The example method comprises increasing a dimension of the support memb...